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Socialist Party Wales issued the following statement:“The suspension of Jeremy Corbyn is an indication of the sharp move to the right of the Labour Party under Starmer which means that thousands of people who joined Welsh Labour in the hope that it would provide a vehicle for working people to win reforms in their interests have been disenfranchised.“Socialist Party Wales ...

By Dave Reid Mark Drakeford, a supporter of Jeremy Corbyn, has been elected as leader of Welsh Labour and will be elected as First Minister next week. Of the three candidates for First Minister Mark would be considered the most left wing – he supported Jeremy Corbyn in the first ballot for Labour leader. The other two candidates, Baroness Eluned ...

By Ross Saunders The volatility of the political situation is obvious in Wales: by the time this year ends, every political party in the Welsh Assembly will have replaced their leader at least once. Even the Lib Dems – who only have one Assembly member and no MPs – changed their rules in order to put a new face at ...

By Dave Reid In 2003 Rhodri Morgan Welsh Labour First Minister proclaimed that his government was creating “clear red water” between it and Blair’s New Labour government in Westminster. The Welsh Labour brand was launched as a distinct banner from Blairism or ‘British’ Labour. Welsh Labour in government was charting its own course distinct from New Labour. Proponents of the ...